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There is no such command in the SSL client itself, that would execute a program or batch file when connected.

The rest of the question is plain Windows management/networking. There are no real differences if the client would be connected to a local lan or if it is connected by SSL VPN.

The premium IPSec client from NCP could there be a bit more generous in regards of advanced options, but you asked for SSL VPN.

Still in the end, if the remote device is a private asset or a device of a business partner, that you allow SSL VPN access to your resources, you could end up with a lot of problems, if you want to install them something, they don't want to have installed.

Also SSL VPN is OpenVPN compatible. If there was a way to push a command trough the SSL VPN client, any remote user could choose to install some other OpenVPN compatible client instead of the one supplied by WatchGuard.

Possibly you should look at some software distribution packages, since it is not the purpose of a VPN client to install something on a computer.

If the computers we talk about, are part of your domain network, you may have the needed privileges to remotely install software on them. But if they are standalone computers and you don't have an administrative account on them, than you will not be able to install new programs anyway. It could even be illegal in that case!

If you have an admin account on these computers, than there are milions of ways to push software to them. But if you don't have the needed rights, than the only way is to ask the user to install your program.